Researchers with the Georgia Institute of Technology have developed an open source, machine-learning tool that accurately predicted how cancer patients would respond to specific chemotherapy drugs.
CMS issued its year one performance results for participants in the Merit-based Incentive Payment System (MIPS), revealing that 93 percent of eligible clinicians received at least some positive payment adjustment for their 2017 performances.
Despite well-managed services and improved wait times, radiology services in Wales will struggle to meet the rising demand officials are already seeing in the U.K. nation, according to a BBC News story.
David Shultz, MD, PhD, of the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, has been awarded the 2018 Hitachi Healthcare Americas /RSNA Research Seed Grant by the RSNA Research & Education (R&E) Foundation.
David Shultz, MD, PhD, assistant professor of radiation oncology at the University of Toronto, was awarded the 2018 Hitachi Healthcare Americas/RSNA Research Seed Grant by the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA) Research & Education (R&E) Foundation and Hitatchi Healthcare, according to an October RSNA press release.
As a growing percentage of employers begin to favor high-deductible health plans (HDHP), patients are likely to start price-shopping for imaging tests. This may pose a threat to radiology practices, particularly those based in hospitals, wrote authors of a new Journal of the American College of Radiology study.
FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, has signaled that the agency will strengthen its expanded access (EA) program to enable more patients to access investigational medical products and treatments for serious or life-threatening diseases.
IBM Watson Health has released its annual 50 Top Cardiovascular Hospitals Study, marking the 20th year the healthcare company has ranked the best-performing cardiovascular teaching and community hospitals in the U.S.
In the era of AI and machine learning, it’s no surprise clinical decision support systems (CDSSs) are becoming more available to clinicians. However, there are several ways to make CDSSs more transparent, easier to use, and based on peer-reviewed scientific evidence.
